Mob Attacks Agents Near Border, BP Says

Mob Attacks Agents Near Border, BP Says

U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Tijuana River Valley Sunday were assaulted when more than 100 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and began to throw rocks and bottles, the federal agency said in a press release Monday.

The crowd crossed the border around 2 p.m. less than a mile from the San Ysidro Port of Entry and headed toward an agent who told the group to stop. When they ignored his demand the agent used a PepperBall Launcher System.

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